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diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/README.md b/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/README.md deleted file mode 100644 index f0254d0f9547..000000000000 --- a/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/README.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ -# To update Elm: - -Modify revision in ./update.sh and run it - -# Notes about the build process: - -The elm binary embeds a piece of pre-compiled elm code, used by 'elm -reactor'. This means that the build process for 'elm' effectively -executes 'elm make'. that in turn expects to retrieve the elm -dependencies of that code (elm/core, etc.) from -package.elm-lang.org, as well as a cached bit of metadata -(versions.dat). - -The makeDotElm function lets us retrieve these dependencies in the -standard nix way. we have to copy them in (rather than symlink) and -make them writable because the elm compiler writes other .dat files -alongside the source code. versions.dat was produced during an -impure build of this same code; the build complains that it can't -update this cache, but continues past that warning. - -Finally, we set ELM_HOME to point to these pre-fetched artifacts so -that the default of ~/.elm isn't used. - -More: https://blog.hercules-ci.com/elm/2019/01/03/elm2nix-0.1/ |